Cisco AMP for Endpoints excelling in AV Comparatives Business Main Test Series

AV-Comparatives have long been the benchmark of 3rdparty testing in the endpoint security space. This year, for the first time ever, AMP for Endpoints participated in AV-Comparatives malware testing. The Business Main Test Series was broken up into two main sections: the Malware Protection Test and Business Real-World Protection Test.

While the full report will be released in July, AV-Comparatives released a short fact sheet today. Because the test is only partially completed, the results will continue to vary, but Cisco AMP for Endpoints expects to maintain consistently high scores.

Overview

First, let’s give the brief facts behind the Business Main Test Series:

19 products are participating

All products tested on a Windows 10 RS5 64-bit

All vendors were allowed to configure their products

Cloud and PUA detection activated in all products

Given these parameters, the 19 products will participate in a fourth month test culminating in July. At this midpoint, however, the products have participated in the two aforementioned tests.

For more information on specific configurations and a list of all participants, read the full fact sheet here.

Malware Protection Test

In this test, the products were tested with 1,311 different malware samples. Based on criteria defined by AV-Comparatives in their report, the products were given parameters to detect the malware samples.

So far, AMP for Endpoints is one of eight products to have a malware protection rate of 99.8% or higher. In addition to this extremely high detection rate, AMP for Endpoints registered 0 false alarms on common business software.

AV-Comparatives also performed tests on non-business software. This will not affect the final “Approved Business Product” rating they deliver, but the results are notable as it helps to demonstrates how well a product can really delineate between good and bad. Cisco AMP for Endpoints was granted the highest rating of “very low “which denotes 0-5 false positives on non-business software.

Cisco AMP for Endpoints consistently pledges to deliver elite threat detection, investigation, and response. The 99.8% malware protection rate so far highlights Cisco AMP for Endpoint’s ability to deliver on that pledge. At the same time, the low number of false positives shows that Cisco AMP for Endpoints does not need to bog down IT professionals with useless alerts allowing them to focus on what’s really important.

Real-World Protection Test

Over the course of two months, the products encountered 389 test cases. Of the 389 test cases, Cisco AMP For Endpoints has blocked all but three while producing ZERO false alarms. Resulting in a 99.2% protection rate so far. Cisco AMP For Endpoints is only one of three products to have zero false alarms. Others have already flagged up to 18 false alarms.

Conclusion

It is important to note that this test has not concluded. We are, however, very excited for a continued strong showing from Cisco AMP for Endpoints in the second half of the test. So far, Cisco AMP for Endpoints has already shown an elite combination of threat detection, investigation, and response combined with low false positives designed to empower IT professionals to quickly identify and respond to threats.

The report has not been concluded yet. So far, we are focused on extremely high efficacy from AMP For Endpoint. Stacked with Umbrella, Duo, and the rest of our portfolio, the other Endpoint solutions can’t keep up from a holistic perspective.